Yara Girl
How popular is Yara?
#507 girl name in 2025
585 baby girls were named Yara in the US in 2025, making it the 507th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Yara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #507 for girls (▲ 74 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 585 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+194% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,236 in 2015, #654 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (585 girls) |
| Highest rank | #507 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yara family of names ranked #470 for girls in 2025 (#533 the year before), with 617 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yara | 585 | 95% |
| Yarah | 27 | 4% |
| Yarra | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yara is most popular
Babies named Yara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Maryland: 0.8 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Michigan: 0.7 per 1,000 (130 girls)
- Virginia: 0.7 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (110 girls)
Yara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1970s | 122 | #2,997 |
| 1980s | 299 | #1,936 |
| 1990s | 443 | #2,197 |
| 2000s | 1,240 | #1,030 |
| 2010s | 2,411 | #671 |
| 2020s | 3,013 | #507 |
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Questions
- Is Yara a boy or girl name?
- Yara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Yara were girls.
- How popular is the name Yara?
- 585 baby girls were named Yara in the US in 2025, making it the 507th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Yara most popular?
- Yara peaked in 2025, when 585 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #507 in 2025.
- How many people are named Yara?
- 7,565 babies have been named Yara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,512 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Yara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yara was most common in District of Columbia, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.